Jewish Fusion

Ok…so this isn’t a recipe, but I thought it might be of interest anyway.

There is still time to enter the Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-Off, a cooking competition designed to encourage home cooks to challenge themselves in preparing a kosher meal.

This delicious recipe comes courtesy of Manischewitz and Jacques Pepin.

This recipe, made with chicken thighs (instead of fish), kielbasa sausage, and potatoes, gets its inspiration from the original and contains all its classic seasonings, including saffron, made from the pistils of crocus flowers.

This recipe is a variation on the traditional Jewish hot beef and vegetable borscht. It has been enhanced by the addition of seasonings that are more typical of Creole cooking. It would be hard to imagine two cultures which are farther apart than these. Yet, the result is a much more exciting version of an old standard.